Electrical comb.



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that class of combs adapted to be heated by' electricity and especially designedor drying the hair after shampooin.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a comb so constructed as to facilitate ironing and drying the hair, for.A

which purposes the comb is peculiarly constructed, to adapt it to be readily taken apart, cleaned, and reassembled, and When so assembled to inclose an electrical heater of conventional type and in such manner as to avoid al1l looseness of the parte.

@ther objects and a( vantages of 'the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel tea lires thereof will be particularly pointed ont in the claims. i

Referring to the drawing:` Figure l 1S side elevation of an electrical comb embodyniy invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the saine. on the. line 2-2 oie Fig. l; Figs. and -l are similar vertical transverse sectional views of the comb,

the latter showing :i modified form.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the gurcs ot' the drawings The comb is constructed of any desired good heat-conducting metal, and comprises a hollow substantially cylindrical body-pon tion, preferably' divided longitudinally to form two sections of semi-cylindrical shape and designated as l and The section l preferably has its edges'provided with longitudinal grooves 3 and 5, Llie saine. receiving` corresponding ribs u'l and (S formed on the adjacent edges of the companion section' 2. rs `vill be understood, the ribs and grooves interlock, neatly and completely close the jointbetween the sections and also prevent rad il separation of the two sections. At its outer end, the si, body-portion is pret- Spccilcation of Letters Patent.

c. marriott, or emettono, wireline.'4

@lined shoulder or boss 22, and at its inner .end with aconical-shaped tang 10.

y The sections l and 2 may have formed ati the opposite sides of the vertical radial center of the body-portion, depending and slightly outwardly dared ironing-ribs 8, the

.two thus extending parallel from end to end or" the comb, at each side ofthe series The teeth 7 are preferably car- .ried by the sectionl, and the of teeth 7.

inge-long the sides ofthe saine may be either plain or'corrugated, the idea being to. iron lhey heir as the strands are divided by thel teeth of 'the comb` and thus more eli'ectnally vdry the. same. lf preferred, the ribs may be oreitted (asshown in Fig. t), and the cylindrical body-portion of the comb be relied raten-tee sept. iet-tele. .Eippleeton led July 25, $15. Serial No. QLSGO. l

ribs extend-- upon to iron the hair; the ribs, however, are]-y preferred. lf employed, the ribs, as before stated, are best corrugated, such corrugations being indicated as at 9.

The handle ll, maybe formed of any suitable mete-rial andgiven any external shape desired. In the present instance it is inter-4 x nally and rentra-lly .-bored, as at 12. termi'- nates at its outer end in a shallow cylindrical cavity lll, and at its opposite or inner end 1n a comic-el cavity 13, the latter receivingthe l tang 10 of the body-portion of the comb.

lVithin the hollow body-portion of lthe comb islocated the electrical heater 16, which with the exceptions am about to enumerate, is ol the conventional form. These exceptions consist in an external cap 19 aliixed to and extending beyond the usual annular boss l? usually provided at the front endet th heater, and in having its rear boss 'i8 made slightly conical. The slightly conical boss 18 abuts against an internal coni al shoulder l5, formed within the hollow comb-bodyim inediately in advance of the tang 10, and the cap li) is formed with an annular peripheral lange 20, the inner face of which is slightly inclined in opposition tothe inclined snrace of the boss or inclined shoulder 522 of the comb body-portion. From the heater le there extends through the tang l0 and the said nut is threaded upon the tube.

, flanges with the comh-teeth 7.

neatly fitted and seated a nut preferably notched 4to receive a. Spanner-wrench, and rlhe tube servesae aconductor for the electrical conductors 24, which may lead to any Source of clectrical'energy, for instance, an ordinary electriclight socket.

The operation of combing and drying the hair Will loe readily understood, as Such does not diilfer materiali from the operation of other Similar devices except. ae to coperation-of the convoluted or corrugated ironingt willy he seen, however, that hy first loosening the nut 25, the handle may he -Withd awn, whereby the electrical heater may he slightly pushed forward so as to disengage its flange Q() with the boss 22 of thehody-portion, and the parte be thus completely Separated, cleaned or repaired, the conch being capable of being thoroughly sterilized'in any Asterili'lling liquid Without danger of. wetting the heater. To replace the parte, the sections` are first assenihled in. position about the heater, the cap 1Q engaged over the end of the comb-body,

which causes the inclined or conical hose 18:

whereupon the nut 25 is run down upon thek thread of the tube 23. It Willoe evident that by tightening upon the nut Q5, the handle and comb will he drawn together, the in-.

clined cavity of the handle Serving to hind against the inclined tang l0l So as to drawthe sections 1 and@ together. At the saine time a Similar operation or drawing of the Sections together will occur at the outer end. of the comb-body hy reason ot' 4the inclined flange of the cap 19 riding up the oppositely inclined looss 22 of the comb-body, 'It will further-be seen that the inclined surface of the boss 18 operating against the oppoeitely inclined surface 15 of the co1nl ln' dy. will cause the electrical heater to become wedged in position, so that no looeeness or rattling can occur as the comi) ie handled duringa eration.

Having described my invention, wl claim, is:

.1. ln an electrical comb, the combination with a hollow cylindrical body-portion divided lonajitudinally into sections, and at its inner end terminating in a cone-shaped tang, ot 'an electrical heater located in thaho lyportiornat its outer end having a circ lar cap overlappingr the body-portion and at its inner end havingy a tubular exten n, a bored handle located on the tubular exten- 4sion and at its -inner end having a conical cavity receiving theoneehaped tang, and

a nut threaded on the outer end ot the tulou, .Y

inerme sion and at its inner endhaving a conical cavity receiving the conical tang and at its outer end having a cavity, and a nut threadf ed on the tubular extension Within the cavity.

ln an electrical comb, the conhination Vwith a hollow cylindrical body-portion, the

saine being provided at its outer end with an external annular inclined boss, and at its op poeite end with an inclined internal shoulder and hey-ond the same terminating in a conical-Shaped tang, of an electrical heater having front and rear bosses and at its rear end a tubular extension, a cap secured to' the front boss and provided with an annular ilange having an inclined face overlapping\ the inclined boss oi the body portion and the rear loose inclined opposite to and seated upon the internal shoulder of the body-pgn tion, a handle located on the tubular extension and havingr atits inner end a con'eshaped cavity receiving the tang of the body-portion and at 'its opposite end having j A a Shallow annular cavity, and an'ut located in the la ttor cavity and threaded on the end of the tubular extension.

4l. ln an electrical comb, the combination with a hollow cylindrical body-portion divided longitudinally into sections tongued and hody-portion terminating at its rear end in a. cone-Shaped tang, of an electrical heater terminating at one end in a cap engaging over the body portion and at its opposite endv in a tubular extension, a bored handle mounted on the tubular exteneion and having at its inner end a conical cavity receiving` the tang, and, a nut threaded on thc outer end of the tubular extension and hea-ring against the end of the handle.

ln an electrical comb, the cylindrical hotly-portion adapted to receive an electrical heater, said liody portion being divided lon-` grooved vtogether at their edges, Said' gitudinally into eectionsthe ,edges ot which j overlap, coinoined with means tor clamping the Sections together. v

o. An electrical comh, comprising, a cylindrical hollow body-portion adapted to receive 'an electrical heater, said body-portion having: a series of condi-teeth and at the Side thereof a longitudinal ironing-flange dependinff along side the teeth, f

'l An electricalr conih, comprising, a cyl1ni ,197,872 ff" tical h'llw body-p01-ton adapted to rename to this SpeCfcat-ion-n the @one nectlical heater, Said bodyportion two subscribing Witnesses. `mvi1w1-se1-ies hf comb-teeth and at the Side Y T Y theef n longitudinal ironing-Hang@ def HXE C' TA LOB' .pending alongside the teeth and having its In the presence of- ""il testimony whereof I have signed my JOHN W. WmaAMs.

presence of 

